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Fetcherr raises $12.5M to dynamically price airfare with algorithms

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Roy Cohen believes that there’s a severe underinvestment in tech within the airline industry, with airlines continuing to rely on legacy systems and outdated infrastructures that date back decades. “Fetcherr predicts demand using real-time, sophisticated models and automatically provides pricing recommendations.”

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

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Greenhouse gases (tourism is responsible for around 8 percent of global carbon emissions, three-quarters of which is due to aviation), local resource overuse (e.g., It means that people want to travel responsibly, so hotels, airlines, and tour companies have to keep up and satisfy their customers (and attract new ones).

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

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IATA or the International Air Transport Association is a global trade association of airlines (both freight and passenger carriers) that regulates the aviation industry by developing standards, procedures, and practices. As of today, its members are 290 airlines in 120 countries comprising around 82 percent of total air traffic.

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Automated AP (Account Payables) To Deliver on the Promise of Augmented Bottom Line

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Automated AP systems can significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of payments made to suppliers and vendors by streamlining manual processes such as invoicing, data entry, documentation and much more. These systems can also enable suppliers and vendors to check the status and payments themselves using a cloud-based portal.

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The biggest moonshots in YC’s S22 batch

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The company claims its hardware could make it up to 100x faster and 10x cheaper to solve problems like scheduling airline pilots or packing shipping containers, which — if accurate — might just enable Integrated Reasoning to make a splash in lucrative industries. hospital systems. – Kyle Wiggers. – Haje Kamps.

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Sabre API Integration: Hands-On Experience With a Leading GDS

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A leading global distribution system in North America, Sabre leverages the content from airlines, hotels, car rentals, and other travel suppliers across the world. Short for Semi-Automated Business Research Environment, Sabre was developed back in the 1960s by IBM to help American Airlines handle growing volumes of passengers.

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Dynamic Pricing Strategy for Airlines: Exploring Current Problems and Adopting Continuous Pricing

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In the 1980s, American Airlines and its former president Robert Crandall started a revolution in airline pricing. Crandall is famous for many airline innovations that we use today, such as inventing the first frequent flier program and contributing to route optimization and central reservation system adoption.